Rep. Anthony C. Beilenson (D-Woodland Hills) is scheduled to speak today at a Seniors for Action meeting in Sherman Oaks. The congressman will address current issues in Washington and answer questions. The meeting will be at 1:30 p.m. at Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks Senior Center, 5040 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Admission is free. For more information, call (818) 342-7118.

Assemblyman Burt Margolin (D-Los Angeles) will discuss the state budget's effects on residences and businesses at a meeting today in Sherman Oaks. The public is invited to the meeting, sponsored by the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Assn., at 8 p.m. at Union Federal Savings, 13300 Ventura Blvd.

Richard Close, the president of the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Assn., says his main concern about a proposal to make Sherman Oaks a redevelopment area is the potential loss of local control. Because Sherman Oaks has been declared a disaster area rather than a blighted area, the city Community Redevelopment Agency may not be subject to state laws that would otherwise require it to submit its plan to a citizens advisory committee, according to state Sen. Tom Hayden (D-Santa Monica).

The Los Angeles City Council took a key step Wednesday toward ending a controversial redevelopment project for Sherman Oaks and Studio City and dramatically reducing the cost and length of the close-out process. A final decision by the council and the city's Community Redevelopment Agency is scheduled for February. The project was one of six similar efforts adopted last year in the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood to use redevelopment powers to speed up earthquake repairs.

In the final round of "KidQuiz," a local televised game show for children, a team from Sherman Oaks Elementary School Saturday was vanquished by Warner Avenue Elementary, said Sharon Baker, a spokeswoman for KCBS. The show, seen on KCBS, Channel 2, pits five-person sixth-grade teams from each school against each other as they try to answer questions on current events, geography and other school subjects.

Community leaders in Sherman Oaks say they welcome the news that Bloomingdale's has signed a deal to come into Sherman Oaks Fashion Square mall. The deal is contingent upon the city approving the mall's plans, which shopping center officials filed last Wednesday. Sherman Oaks Fashion Square, located on Riverside Drive between Hazeltine and Woodman avenues, wants to expand the 190,000-square-foot Broadway store site--which Bloomingdale's would occupy--by 40,000 square feet.

Rep. Anthony C. Beilenson (D-Woodland Hills) will be the guest of honor and featured speaker at the Sherman Oaks Democratic Club's annual summer party next month. Beilenson will give a report on current matters in Congress. The event is planned for 3 to 6 p.m. Aug. 6 at the home of Robert and Cynthia Hertzberg, 14101 Chandler Blvd., Sherman Oaks. A donation of $20 is asked for individuals or $30 per couple. For reservations or more information, call (818) 906-9787.

A Ventura man found shot to death in Sherman Oaks on Friday night has been identified as Michael Carbone, 39, an employee of Technicolor, Los Angeles police reported Monday. But police said they have little additional information on the shooting in Sherman Oaks-Van Nuys Park at Magnolia and Van Nuys boulevards. Police have determined that the weapon was a small-caliber handgun. Carbone was found fully clothed and his car was parked about a block away.

The head of the Los Angeles Police Department's Van Nuys Division, which oversees Van Nuys and most of Sherman Oaks, will speak in Sherman Oaks today about crime in the area and community policing. Capt. John Mutz, who took over command of the division about a month ago, also will be available to answer questions at the meeting sponsored by the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Assn. "We want to know what's happening in the community as far as crime," said the group's president, Richard H. Close.